CVE-2021-24263

PowerPack Addons for Elementor <= 2.3.1 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2021-04-13 00:00
Ram

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.3.2
Affected Plugin
PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates)
Affected Version
<= 2.3.1
CVSS
5.4Medium
Weakness type
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE
CVE-2021-24263
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At a glance

CVE-2021-24263 is a medium-severity Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates) WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.3.1. It carries a CVSS score of 5.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The issue is fixed in version 2.3.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2021, reported by Ram.

Vulnerability Overview

The “Elementor Addons – PowerPack Addons for Elementor” WordPress Plugin before 2.3.2 for WordPress has several widgets that are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, all via a similar method.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed.

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Reaching this weakness in PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates) <= 2.3.1 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Cross-site scripting happens when input from a request is written into a page without being escaped for the context it lands in, so the browser parses attacker-supplied text as markup or script.

Injected script runs with the privileges of whoever views the affected page, which is how these flaws turn into administrator session theft, silent account creation or persistent backdoors in page content. For PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates) the fix is 2.3.2: builds <= 2.3.1 are affected, anything from 2.3.2 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.3.2, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates): WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates) 2.3.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24263https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/609d9ecf-4f91-4a78-ad8c-22e436c000edhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24263

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